Pripyat ferris wheel

Chernobyl is a city located in the northern part of Ukraine, near the border of Belarus. On April 26, 1986, Reactor #4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine, explod…

The ferris wheel at the abandoned Pripyat amusement park adjacent to Chernobyl…

The ferris wheel in the abandoned town of Pripyat, Ukraine, 3km from the Chernobyl nuclear plant. The town was abandoned 2 days after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and can only be visited with authorised guides from Kyiv. #ObscurePlacesToVisit #Chernobyl #Ukraine #Pripyat #FerrisWheel

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The Pripyat amusement park was scheduled to open on May 1, 1986 in time for May Day celebrations. However, the explosion at Chernobyl Reactor #4 on April 26, 1986 changed Pripyat and the surrounding areas forever. Although the other rides in the park were opened for a few hours on April 27 to entertain people before the evacuation, the ferris wheel was never used. (201311131150435D3308f)

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The fairground was due to open 5 days after the disaster, on 1st May, 1986, during the 1st of May Workers' Day celebrations. --- Pripyat is an abandoned city in the zone of alienation in northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city was founded in 1970 to house the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers, and was abandoned in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster. Its population had been around 50,000 prior to the accident. After the disaster of reactor no. 4, the city…

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The abandoned ferris wheel found in the deserted city of Pripyat, near Chernobyl in Ukraine. The area is now part of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, covering around 2,600 km2. In 1986, after reactor number 4 exploded, the 50,000 residents of Pripyat were evacuated. The area was declared a nuclear disaster area and nobody was allowed to return to live due to high levels of radiation. Since then the wildlife/nature has been allowed to reclaim the city, giving eerie scenes…

The Pripyat amusement park was scheduled to open only four days after the Chernobyl accident, but this never happened. The ferris wheel, swings, bumper cars and the merry-go-round were never used and are now rusting away.